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chavez, himself, made that rule. analyst say if anyone can unseat him, it's the man facing him today. it's after 9:00 p.m. polls were scheduled to close hours ago but they're still open. what's going on? >> reporter: a few are still open. if you are in any polling station anywhere in this country today you would know the lineups were huge, and it could be approaching 80%. for that reason, the electoral commission stayed true to word and continued to have the polls open. we are not sure if it will make a difference, though. we are getting word that they reached 80 to 95% of the votes are counted. >> what has energized voters so much, for people to wait in really long lines? >> reporter: traditionally venezuela has high turnouts, but beyond that, this is one of the closest and really contested elections in venezuelan history. and this young guy, 40 years old, he always compared to the david and goliath thing, and then you have chavez, and he has thrown everything at the campaign, and even the kitchen sink, and doing wh
chavez, himself, made that rule. analyst say if anyone can unseat him, it's the man facing him today. it's after 9:00 p.m. polls were scheduled to close hours ago but they're still open. what's going on? >> reporter: a few are still open. if you are in any polling station anywhere in this country today you would know the lineups were huge, and it could be approaching 80%. for that reason, the electoral commission stayed true to word and continued to have the polls open. we are not sure if...
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you see hugo chavez voting this morning. well hugo chavez first selected president in 1999 and will serve another term. it's election day in venezuela and the news just announced by the election's council. when and how did the news come down? we just spoke moments ago and now we didn't know and now we do. >> reporter: we learned about 15 minutes ago, don, on social media we could see that chavez won, and we had sources inside the electoral commission and it's 51% to 45% for the pop seugs. it was not as close as people thought it might be. and we could not report it because of the phedmedia restrictions right now. it's like the fourth of july out here, and the fireworks are still going. and by any measure this is a crushing defeat for the opposition. they made a house to house battle for this vote, and there were many things to complain about. hugo chavez threw everything including the kitchen sink at this election he gave out many things, cell phones, and he has been on the nationalized campaign, and nationalized almost 1,00
you see hugo chavez voting this morning. well hugo chavez first selected president in 1999 and will serve another term. it's election day in venezuela and the news just announced by the election's council. when and how did the news come down? we just spoke moments ago and now we didn't know and now we do. >> reporter: we learned about 15 minutes ago, don, on social media we could see that chavez won, and we had sources inside the electoral commission and it's 51% to 45% for the pop seugs....
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chavez himself made that rule. but analysts say if anyone can unseat this president, it's the man facing him today. a 40-year-old governor. let's get to caracas right now. paula, it's after 9:00 p.m. polls were scheduled to close hours ago. but they're still open. what's going on? >> reporter: a few are still open. if you were in any polling station, you know the lineups were huge. the turnout could be approaching 80%. the electoral commission stayed true to word and allowed the polls to stay open. we're getting word that perhaps they reached critical mass. that means 80% to 90% of the votes have been counted. we expect results in the next hour or so, don. >> what has energized voters so much to stay at polling places and wait in really long lines? >> reporter: traditionally, venezuela does have high turnout. but beyond that, this has been one of the closest and most contested elections in venezuelan history. and he has always compared this to the david and goliath thing. and then, you have hugo chavez. he's thrown
chavez himself made that rule. but analysts say if anyone can unseat this president, it's the man facing him today. a 40-year-old governor. let's get to caracas right now. paula, it's after 9:00 p.m. polls were scheduled to close hours ago. but they're still open. what's going on? >> reporter: a few are still open. if you were in any polling station, you know the lineups were huge. the turnout could be approaching 80%. the electoral commission stayed true to word and allowed the polls to...
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[applause] >> our final offering tonight comes from hugo chavez's say the debate could favorite sycophant or as i like to call with his favorite busboy. if you are sean penn and you have something really asinine and you want to get out there, where do you go? that's right, piers morgan. mr. penn delivered one of the most asinine comments ever on television. can we call cnn national television any more? and even worse, she insisted that we know that this was -- ki insisted that we know that this is his original thought. he came up with. >> he has what i call the get the n-word out of the white house tea party. at the end of the day there is a big bubble coming out of their head saying can be just lynch him. >> he's so charming. how did you decide a winner? the winner of the 2012 barbara streisand political iq award for political goes to baby hugo, sean penn. ♪ >> we have what i call the debt of the nword out of the white house. there is a bubble coming out of their head saying can we just lynch him. ♪ stat i'm sorry i'm drinking such an enormous amount of water. i smoked pot and have d
[applause] >> our final offering tonight comes from hugo chavez's say the debate could favorite sycophant or as i like to call with his favorite busboy. if you are sean penn and you have something really asinine and you want to get out there, where do you go? that's right, piers morgan. mr. penn delivered one of the most asinine comments ever on television. can we call cnn national television any more? and even worse, she insisted that we know that this was -- ki insisted that we know...
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chavez himself is in a tight race for re-election. i'm rooting against him. and voters in venezuela will cast their ballots this coming sunday. >>> up next, republicans have been looking for voter fraud. guess what? they've found it, in their own campaign. after making it difficult for democrats to vote, it's the republicans who are to blame for the biggest case of registration fraud in the country. and that's coming up in a minute. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> well, back to "hardball." republicans have been on the hunt, by the way, some would say witch hunt, to root out voter fraud in 17 states that made it a lot harder for regular people to vote, including pushing unnecessary photo i.d. requirements in pennsylvania. all to ward off what they call voter fraud. that hasn't been proven to exist. they may have found some in their own ranks. the firm hired by the republican national committee to register voters in florida and four other battleground states has been hit with allegations of fraud. here is the palm beach county elections
chavez himself is in a tight race for re-election. i'm rooting against him. and voters in venezuela will cast their ballots this coming sunday. >>> up next, republicans have been looking for voter fraud. guess what? they've found it, in their own campaign. after making it difficult for democrats to vote, it's the republicans who are to blame for the biggest case of registration fraud in the country. and that's coming up in a minute. you're watching "hardball," the place for...
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>> our final offering tonight comes from hugo chavez i like to come hugo chavez's favorite is would. if your sean penn, you have something really, really asinine you want to get out there, where do you go? that's right, piers morgan. >> on october 14, mr. candon of one of the most asinine comments ever on national television. can we call cnn national television anymore? and even worse, he insisted that we know that this was coming assisted we note this is an original thought. he came up with it. >> we have what i can't get the in word out of the white house party, the tea party. at the end of the day there's a big bubble coming out of their heads saying can we just lynch him? >> he is so charming. how do you decide a winner here? the winner of the 2012 barbra streisand political iq award for celebrity vapidity goes to baby hugo, sean penn ♪ ♪ >> we have what i call the get the n-word out of the white house party, the tea party but at the end of the day there's a big bubble coming out of their heads saying, you know, can we just lynch him? ♪ >> i'm sorry, i'm drink so much water
>> our final offering tonight comes from hugo chavez i like to come hugo chavez's favorite is would. if your sean penn, you have something really, really asinine you want to get out there, where do you go? that's right, piers morgan. >> on october 14, mr. candon of one of the most asinine comments ever on national television. can we call cnn national television anymore? and even worse, he insisted that we know that this was coming assisted we note this is an original thought. he...